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No. 521,457. Patented June 19, y1894.

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THOMAS B. BIIRNETT, OF MULVANE, KANSAS.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,457, dated June 19,1894.

Application filed April l2, 1894.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. BURNETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mulvane, in the county of Sumner and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Halters; and vI dohereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to halters, and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings: Figure lis aside view of the halter. Fig. 2 is a planview of the same from below,'showing .the halter spread flat anddisplaying the course of the rope through the perforated plates.

A is the adjustable head strap provided withl buckles A' of any approvedconstruction.

B are two plates attached to the ends of the head strap and eachprovided with two holes b.

C is a single continuous rope which forms the main part of thehalter.

D is the fastening plate provided with four holes d and having the endsof the looped rope C drawn crosswise through the holes so that the endswill not slip when drawn tight.

E is the chin plate having two holes eat its lower end, and two holes e'at the other end.

F and F' are the two cheek plates each provided with four holes f and f.The cheek plates are both alike and the same as the fastening plate D.The ropeis passed crosswise through the holes of the plate F andstraight through the holes of the plate F. The double 0r looped ropefrom the fastening plate D passes through the holes e at the lower endof the plate E, thence diverging the single parts serial No. 507,236.momia.)

of the rope pass through the two cheek plates head strap and theperforated plates B se cured to its ends, of the chin plate having theholes e' and e, the perforated cheek plates F and F and a singlecontinuous looped rope havingthe central portion of its loop between thesaid holes e', passing through the holes in the plates B, F and F', andthrough the said holes e, and forming the nose loops c in its course,substantially as set forth.

2; In a halter,the combination, with the adj ustable head strap and theperforated plates B secured to its ends, of the chin plate having theholes e' and e, the perforated cheek plates F and F', the fasteningplate, and a single continuous looped rope, having the central portionof its loop between the said holes e', and having its ends passedcrosswise through the holes of the said fastening plate, and passingthrough the holes in the plates B, F and F' and forming the nose loops cin its course, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS B. BURNETT.

Witnesses:

JOHN P. HALE, ALvA M. SHOCKEYY.

